Oh My God

Oh my god

I don’t know where I should start with this chapter.

First of all I am so happy Project Vinland picked it up and translated it. I am so happy about this.

And then Kishward…..after this chapter I see you in a diffrent light. Men how he stand his ground after seeing a wild ox is appearing in front of him. The fight was so good and on the other hand his sense of tactic and reformation are so good.

And the his look on his face when Narsus tells him they are going to Ecbatana. He knows that Narsus has a sly plan 😂 and Azraels appears….yes Kishward knows that Arslan is not so far away. What a deep trust in both of them Azrael and Arslan the crown prince.

I love the little hint from Daryun about telling Gieve how to make love 😂 I think that is a proofe of the good dynamic in team Arslan.

And my baby boy

I am so proud of him. He sees that the tactic Gusicard has is not really the best one and I think that he has a feeling that something is going on.

On the other hand…Andragoras….oh I don’t like the guy. Really. Because he don’t care for his men or the people who are following him. He only one way to fight and that is by force.

Oh the last chapters where so so good

Can’t wait for the next one

Project Vinland’s release of Arslan Senki Chapter 111: Lusitania’s Counterattack is out now!

I refused to believe that he is hot 😆

I refuse to call him this, lmao.

This is just from the back of one of the manga volumes on one of those maps that show you where the various characters are located. I don’t think he’s ever been referred to in this way in the actual chapters. I’m curious about where this even came from, but my instinct is it’s probably based on how the disciples refer to him.

It just feels wrong, but at the same time, I do kind of get it; Team Zahhak are basically evil priests, complete with a creepy underground temple, who serve what they see as a god.

I don’t like him, but I do want to get a proper look at his face now that he’s regained his youth. Don’t we deserve to have that “oh no, he’s hot” moment?

Project Vinland’s release of Arslan Senki Chapter 108 - The Lusitanian Knight’s Pride is out now on Mangadex!

This is so beautiful and cool

You nailed it. I like his clothes and that you have small and big symbols for the clan and Shapur and on the other side the outfits are fitting perfectly to his character and Kazai

I can’t wait to see more of your art

And finally, he is done!! My brain is fuzzy, help.

The first is his just... day-to-day clothes before he came to live with Shapur, I suppose! I thought I'd have a lot more to say about this. I tried to give him autumnal, warm colours as usual, though fun fact prototype!Kazai's main colour was green.

The next up is what he usually wears after coming to live with Shapur, the sketch next to it is my rough design of what his household staff/attendants would wear, and I... tried? to at least echo the wrapping and styling to theirs even if obviously Kazai's clothes aren't cut like theirs. Funnily enough he sheds a layer here hahaha.

Then comes his wedding attire! SO ORNATE. MUCH GREEN. I had so much fun designing this one even if it gave me a massive headache. The green robe part was shorter at first but that didn't really convey the ceremonial vibes I was gunning for in my eyes, so I elongated it. The white tree was... supposed to be a pine tree but I quickly realized all my attempts of drawing one looked like shit. So I gave up and drew a (hopefully decent) normal tree— which... I'm just gonna retcon and say it was supposed to represent whatever species of tree they planted at their wedding. At first instead of a tree I wanted to have a cat and a wolf, one on each side, but... it looked weird and it didn't work so tree it was. About the thing on his sleeves, the outer blue ring with waves represents the ocean, the triangles the mountains, and then I fucking forgot what the thing in the middle was, I probably had no clue what to put in there but not liking the empty look I just chucked smth random in. Forgive me! (Also I tried to incorporate purple into this!)

Also this is how his marriage bracelet looks (Shapur has a matching one):

All the colours represent the two of them, save for maybe the outermost layer I forgot why I chose that colour there. Reddish pink (Kazai) and teal (Shapur) intertwined, enveloped by purple (Shapur) which is in turn enveloped by yellow (Kazai). Maybe the purple and yellow part would be reversed in Shapur's bracelet.

And then his ceremonial dance attire! Despite looking simpler than the wedding attire this might've given me even more of a headache because... ALL THE TASSELS. THE BORDERS ON THE SLEEVES. THE STAR/SNOWFLAKES. In terms of sheer tediousness this one would win by a landslide 😂😂

The borders on the bodice part were just... I just thought they looked cool, moving onto the sleeves I tried to have little stars in them but I don't know if you can even see them. The dark indigo part is supposed to be the night sky, and the white little things simultaneously stars and snowflakes. The tassels attached to that part, the colours are supposed to represent Northern Lights, because you could see them from the ancient island, it had Polar Days and Polar Nights as well— months where the sun did not set at all or would not rise. The same theme is repeated on the necklace. The symbol on the pendants... Let's just say it's a feeble attempt on drawing a stylized pine tree. If it failed well at least it looks vaguely like a tree? Also tiny little chimes hang from those pendants.

As for the bottom skirt portion of the robe... At first I was just gonna repeat the Northern Lights colours, or maybe just silver, but... I got bored. So I went buckwild with that one, I don't know what it's supposed to represent anymore.

Also that kind of gathered sort of shirt with puffy collars, they're only for ceremonial occasions.

I wanted headwear too, esp for the ceremonial outfits, but by that point my brain was pretty much dead so they don't look... very good... Here they are anyways:

(FUCK I FORGOT TO SHORTEN THE DARK BLUE ONE AAAAAA)

And this is how his tats look:

This was uh, a Rant™! I hope you enjoyed this mess as much as I did.

Progress!! I'm happy with how the shading is turning out, can't wait to get to the rest. I'm a bit nervous about fucking up the arms— I hope I don't! ><

Here are some close-ups!

Ok now you have done it 😂

I have a idea for a story with my OC 😂

Don’t know when I write this but the idea is in my mind

I refuse to call him this, lmao.

This is just from the back of one of the manga volumes on one of those maps that show you where the various characters are located. I don’t think he’s ever been referred to in this way in the actual chapters. I’m curious about where this even came from, but my instinct is it’s probably based on how the disciples refer to him.

It just feels wrong, but at the same time, I do kind of get it; Team Zahhak are basically evil priests, complete with a creepy underground temple, who serve what they see as a god.

I don’t like him, but I do want to get a proper look at his face now that he’s regained his youth. Don’t we deserve to have that “oh no, he’s hot” moment?